Jason Giambi

I remember walking into Wrigley Field late in the morning June 6, 2003, and seeing Derek Jeter and Jason Giambi playing catch in foul territory near the visitors' dugout. Pretty cool. The Yankees were three years removed from their last World Series championship and six years out from their next one, but they still gave off the haughty vibe that if you want to get anywhere in baseball, you have to go through us.

A South Sider might dismiss a Yankees visit as routine business, unless he or she were old enough to recall a mid-1950s-through-mid-'60s stretch that featured the total dominance of the Yankees of Mantle, Berra, Maris and Ford. The White Sox often were their most...

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